It was a busy night for fire crews in north Cornwall who not only had to rescue a cow from a slurry pit but also had to recover a car stuck upside down in a hedge.

The Bude Community Fire Station crews were called out to both incidents last night.

The single-vehicle crash happened shortly before 8pm on Friday, August 11, near Holsworthy.

A spokesman for Bude firefighters said: "On arrival a car was discovered in the hedge. Nobody was trapped and there was nobody at the scene.

"Our crew made the vehicle safe by disconnecting the battery and ensuring it was stable. The vehicle will now be recovered."

Meanwhile, roughly at the same time, Bude firefighters crew had to deal with a very different problem - a cow stuck in a slurry pit.

The spokesman added: "Firefighters carefully placed a loose safety line and began to slowly. We dug around the animal. The release of pressure meant the cow could safely self-rescue and return to its field."